| China has developed plans for promoting Chinese language internationally for the past few years. Every year, Hanban will send thousands of volunteer teachers who are committed to Chinese teaching and cultural promotion to meet the demands of foreign Chinese learners. In accordance with policies of Hanban, higher institutions are setting up both undergraduate and postgraduate programs of Chinese as a Foreign Language and International Chinese Language Education, at the same, cultivating professional talents who major in Chinese as a Foreign Language, setting overseas internship centers and offering more internship for students to experience the real career as a teacher of Chinese as a Foreign Language. These teachers are to teach primary and middle school students with little or no knowledge of Chinese language, taken primarily no Chinese classes, so there are even no text books at hand. Before becoming qualified teachers, they will have to take training or internship for several months or even several years. However, there is still an overwhelming difference between theoretical knowledge and actual practice, between simulation teaching and teaching surrounded with real non-Chinese speakers. Here comes the difficulty of adjusting oneself to the post. No matter what type of student they are dealing with, novice or expert; whether the students can communicate with them in Chinese or not, they will have to work out the appropriate teaching plan as quickly as possible. In this paper, case studies will be employed as the major form to help the teachers of Chinese as a foreign language understand their work better. |